Improvement in coffee-roasters



J. C. HOLSTON.

Cofie Roaster.

Patented April 8. 1862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. HOLSTON, OF DERBY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL M.

DAVIS, OF LAYVRENOE, MASSACHUSETTS.

.. AMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-ROASTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,923, dated April 8,1862.

lb (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. HOLsTON, of Derry, in the county ofRockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Corn-Poppers or Coffee-Roasters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accoinpai'iying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a side View of popper Fig. 2 represents a side viewof popper or roaster as open.

A represents awire-gauze cylinder in which is placed the corn to pop orthe coffee to roast.

l represents the door in the hollow cylinder, which is opened or shut bythe wire 0, which passes through the hollow tube E, and is attached tothe small plate F when the door of the cylinder is shut.

ll is a tube or handle made to move easily around tube E.

I is the handle of a common crank. 7

Now, when the corn or coffee is put in the cylinder A through the door Band the door is shut, as in Fig. 1, then with one hand at the handle Hand the other at the handle of the crank I, the tube E resting on thestove or oven door, as at X, by turning the crank the corn or coffeewill be moved around gently'in the inside of the cylinder, and thus bekept from burning until the corn is popped or the coffee is roasted, andit can be done well and with perfect ease. \Vheu done, the Wire isslipped from the plate F, and the parched corn or roasted coffee ispoured out through the door B, which is opened by the wire, as in Fig.2. The object of the long Wire is to enable any one using the popper toopen the door of the cylinder when it is hot. The wire is moved in thetube E, so as not to interfere with the revolving of the cylinder A whenresting at the point X.

I claim The combination of the hinged door B, the wire 0, passingthrough the hollow tube E, and used to open and close the door B, andthe catch F, with a corn-popper or cofiee-roaster, when constructedsubstantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN C. HOLSTON. Vitnesses:

LEONARD BRICKETT, BENJAMIN R. SARGENT.

